The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-12

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being scourged, each rascal of
them should be chained to his
place on the floor of the 'Ex-
change" with loaf of bread and
a well done steak suspended with
in smelling distance of his nose,
so that the dispensers of poverty
would get taste of the hunger
they bring to the homes of the
poor.
The existence of coffee exchange
grain exchanges, coal exchanges
and produce exchanges shows the
necessity for the organization of
two more exchanges farmers
exchange and laborer's exchange,
and these two exchanges should
cooperate with each other. To-
day, when we hear that wheat must
advance in price, we are told by
the grain exchanges that there has
been a failure in crops and the
farmers have lost heavily" in
consequence thereof the price of
wheat must go up. The truth of
the matter may be that the farm
ers have disposed of their grain
and produce at cheap rates, and
the grain and produce may be
stored away in elevators waiting
for the damnable scheme of the
gamblers to take effect. At such
time the farmers exchange could
notify the laborer's exchange,
and the word could be passed
along that all reports concerning
a failure of the crops were false,
and that the only ones to be bene-
fitted would be the sharks of Wall
street and similar places of prosti-
tuition. To make a farmers ex-
change and a laborer's exchange
successful, "we, the people" must
control the telegraph system of
this country, so that accurate and
ready means of transmitting in
formation may be within reach of
all. To-day the main-stem of the
telegraph lines of this country is
in the hands Of monopoly which
has no feelings for merchant, man
ufecturer or laborer. A different
system must take the place of the
present one, and the people must
control it.
An attempt was made in the
last congress of the United States
to regulate the commerce of this
country. The influence of the
railroads was SO potent at Wash
ington that the interstate COM
merce bill was shorn of its strength
and it passed into law in such a
form as to enable the railroads to
make it appear that it was blow
at the rights of the people. The
end in view is to have the next
congress repeal the law, on the
plea that congress or the people
cannot regulate or even interfere
with the railroad system of this
country. The people must re-
member that eternal vigilance"
Is the price of equitable rates of
Transportation whether of person
or freight; and instead of allowing
the interstate commerce law to be
repealed, it must be amended in
the interest of those for whom the
railroads were built. When the
charter of railroad company is
asked for, it is mentioned in the
petition that ii is required for
the public good" That is the
only place wherein the public is
ever considered until the stock
holders are robbed, and the Uni
ted States government supposed
to represent the people and the
public good, is asked TO appoint a
receiver to manage the road If
the people of the Uni ted States
can manage and make railroad
of the sucked-orange pattern pay
with the aid of receiver, the
same agency can successfully OPP
crate railway and telegraph lines
and make them pay. When they
do this the producing farmer and
and laborer can exchange produc-
tons, both will be better recon-
pensed than today, and the occu-
patton of the gambler in grain
and meat will de gone.
I. V. PowDERLY.
So long as the present rush OF
cattle to the market continues the
present low prices will continue
put sooner or later the reaction
must come and then those who have
been able to hold over will be in q